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network topology in which nodes form a ring

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A ring network is a network topology in which each node connects to exactly two other nodes, forming a single continuous pathway for signals through each node – a ring. Data travels from node to node, with each node along the way handling every packet.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “ring network” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.